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Hurricane Summary Data CY2004 CY2005 Charley Dennis Frances Katrina Ivan Rita Jeanne Wilma Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Hurricane Summary Data CY2004 CY2005 Charley Dennis Frances Katrina Ivan Rita Jeanne Wilma Pensacola, FL October, 2004 -- Sunrise over Pensacola Bay a month after August, 2006 Hurricane Ivan. Photo by Bill Koplitz/FEMA Photo This document summarizes those insurance claims and related information as reported to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) by the insurance entities affected. While the Office analyzes the data submissions for completeness and reasonability, the data has not been formally audited or verified. This is the final report for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and represents the latest information reported by affected insurers. Note: The total gross probable losses estimate has declined from the previous reports. This is largely due to insurers revising estimates as more claims were paid out over time and insurers revising allocation of losses among the Gulf States for hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Combined CY2004 & CY2005 Summary Data Page 3 of 74 Summary Data by Event and CY Estimated Gross Claims Total Loss Claim Payments Event Data As Of Probable Loss Reported Claims Made Charley 31-Dec-05 $10,158,404,847 474,771 17,679 $9,056,703,918 Frances 31-Dec-05 $7,952,635,936 541,589 14,105 $7,707,516,393 Ivan 31-Dec-05 $3,314,847,829 207,718 8,104 $3,205,437,734 Jeanne 31-Dec-05 $3,634,646,243 427,633 8,951 $3,513,823,790 CY2004 Total $25,060,534,855 1,651,711 48,839 $23,483,481,835 Dennis 31-Dec-05 $297,399,182 52,934 920 $269,807,639 Katrina 30-Apr-06 $853,000,053 122,798 3,153 $725,223,536 Rita 30-Apr-06 $25,242,545 4,375 167 $19,447,845 Wilma 30-Apr-06 $9,659,383,823 975,717 18,853 $8,848,516,509 CY2005 Total $10,835,025,603 1,155,824 23,093 $9,862,995,529 Overall Totals $35,895,560,458 2,807,535 71,932 $33,346,477,364 This information is compiled from data submitted by each reporting entity. It has not been formally audited or independently verified. Page 4 of 74 Event Totals by Alphabetized County of Loss Occurrence CY2004 and CY2005 Combined CY2004 and CY2005 Combined data as of 04/30/2006 Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Statewide 2,807,535 71,932 $33,346,477,364 Alachua 16,354 259 $85,857,657 Baker 841 11 $3,951,479 Bay 11,574 175 $88,942,253 Bradford 1,723 9 $5,619,742 Brevard 184,685 4,566 $2,030,109,881 Broward 48,432 583 $224,403,288 Calhoun 303 20 $2,067,312 Charlotte 150,781 12,530 $3,969,107,881 Citrus 9,682 125 $56,347,221 Clay 7,693 108 $28,430,491 Collier 9,696 109 $46,739,694 Columbia 3,626 114 $13,934,911 Dade 27,183 246 $105,606,385 Desoto 23,899 2,728 $386,069,888 Dixie 750 23 $2,715,684 Duval 26,298 393 $120,065,759 Escambia 172,171 6,421 $2,497,766,670 Flagler 9,579 62 $44,366,773 Franklin 192 5 $631,019 Gadsden 459 12 $1,441,276 Gilchrist 982 31 $3,812,530 Glades 2,422 39 $18,638,769 Gulf 434 9 $1,633,525 Hamilton 400 5 $1,156,159 Hardee 15,939 1,167 $194,391,416 Hendry 3,968 44 $18,641,052 Hernando 10,215 207 $43,852,687 Highlands 45,757 1,235 $298,835,620 Hillsborough 42,663 733 $195,173,967 Holmes 1,254 17 $5,378,370 Indian River 106,074 3,773 $1,733,941,988 Jackson 1,484 55 $15,798,511 Jefferson 426 39 $1,322,996 Lafayette 209 2 $633,886 Lake 40,888 483 $196,672,787 Lee 142,521 2,458 $1,494,866,525 Leon 2,600 62 $10,025,971 Levy 2,553 61 $9,668,760 Liberty 90 2 $268,258 Madison 635 9 $1,565,767 Manatee 10,122 156 $41,754,478 Marion 34,004 363 $168,481,289 Martin 82,015 2,378 $966,423,072 Monroe 844 47 $2,402,661 Nassau 2,032 22 $7,702,349 Okaloosa 55,454 897 $451,321,704 Okeechobee 23,781 1,377 $222,454,769 Orange 277,402 2,190 $2,054,580,341 Osceola 107,749 1,594 $972,249,712 Palm Beach 296,683 4,551 $2,368,524,921 Pasco 26,209 382 $114,082,165 Pinellas 40,582 594 $190,978,776 Polk 196,410 4,875 $1,442,565,987 Putnam 9,335 175 $36,691,434 Santa Rosa 74,019 3,763 $973,607,921 Sarasota 13,940 298 $117,241,411 Seminole 94,071 590 $571,066,142 St. Johns 10,642 136 $65,775,646 St. Lucie 153,540 6,114 $1,901,399,192 Sumter 5,564 72 $21,305,742 Suwannee 1,550 27 $5,355,374 Taylor 424 8 $1,092,471 Union 2,154 19 $10,235,063 Volusia 152,755 2,240 $6,506,792,181 Wakulla 234 6 $746,732 Walton 7,799 122 $168,147,816 Washington 785 9 $3,043,207 This information is compiled from data submitted by each reporting entity. It has not been formally audited or independently verified. Page 5 of 74 Event Totals by Lines of Business CY2004 and CY2005 CY2004 and CY2005 Combined data as of 04/30/2006 Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Commercial Auto Physical Damage 21,958 416 $126,247,845 Commercial Multi-Peril 138,323 2,712 $5,641,902,527 Farmowners 2,909 68 $72,565,576 Fire & Allied Lines 337,614 5,022 $7,200,947,534 Flood 3,764 6 $50,572,939 Homeowners 1,582,848 48,472 $15,869,192,338 Mobile Homeowners 215,696 5,502 $2,364,824,992 Ocean Marine 217 1 $4,822,286 Other Lines 72,190 1,887 $927,831,013 Private Passenger Auto Physical Damage 432,017 7,847 $1,087,570,314 Totals by Line of Business 2,807,535 71,932 $33,346,477,364 This information is compiled from data submitted by each reporting entity. It has not been formally audited or independently verified. Page 6 of 74 Event Totals by Alphabetized County of Loss Occurrence - CY2004 data as of Charley Frances Ivan Jeanne CY2004 12/31/2005 Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Claims Reported Total Loss Claims Claim Payments Made Alachua 318 1 $1,199,778 6,090 122 $66,409,259 251 6 $15,301,697 2,812 47 $13,125,122 9,621 176 $60,463,260 Baker 13 0 $126,967 195 6 $3,464,831 32 0 $169,078 252 1 $845,371 495 7 $2,782,737 Bay 52 0 $145,676 289 2 $1,154,944 6,388 115 $65,155,650 240 2 $1,096,263 6,809 119 $62,635,515 Bradford 28 0 $77,907 505 6 $3,464,831 30 0 $105,681 440 0 $1,624,158 1,013 6 $3,957,573 Brevard 3,710 54 $22,905,888 59,581 1,943 $1,061,970,679 1,484 18 $10,755,499 42,495 1,101 $413,189,733 108,652 3,100 $1,429,657,712 Broward 752 12 $7,187,468 20,970 266 $145,522,899 571 13 $2,485,844 5,644 107 $29,700,359 28,493 396 $158,030,801 Calhoun 2 0 $4,091 10 0 $0 153 14 $1,417,530 17 0 $151,432 178 14 $1,455,857 Charlotte 83,731 8,326 $2,545,010,531 5,059 63 $34,648,309 176 10 $1,285,718 982 19 $5,006,425 88,706 8,507 $2,795,151,998 Citrus 157 5 $529,509 3,487 52 $28,296,119 128 0 $572,482 1,839 28 $8,387,762 5,696 85 $39,681,221 Clay 116 1 $731,195 2,592 46 $25,408,760 172 0 $800,960 1,586 26 $6,282,612 4,526 73 $20,021,513 Collier 4,818 60 $26,076,148 652 4 $2,309,887 82 4 $449,711 215 5 $1,178,408 5,704 74 $32,915,343 Columbia 69 0 $117,188 1,185 61 $33,493,366 82 3 $381,856 771 13 $3,405,162 2,133 77 $9,813,337 Dade 719 7 $2,810,769 11,502 120 $65,831,788 527 12 $2,677,392 2,948 28 $15,106,382 15,992 167 $74,370,842 Desoto 13,095 1,797 $246,925,436 595 12 $6,352,190 28 3 $86,306 545 22 $2,670,432 14,060 1,852 $271,880,748 Dixie 20 0 $34,013 205 8 $4,619,775 16 2 $59,077 197 5 $907,753 441 16 $1,912,457 Duval 585 9 $5,518,316 8,883 124 $67,564,203 523 13 $1,541,112 5,276 123 $20,930,201 15,471 267 $84,553,521 Escambia 127 4 $935,312 1,522 22 $12,126,908 100,595 4,319 $1,877,758,444 1,615 40 $17,848,082 101,290 4,359 $1,758,994,139 Flagler 931 6 $5,817,284 3,535 22 $12,126,908 124 1 $752,532 966 13 $3,788,273 5,635 42 $31,244,269 Franklin 6 0 $15,938 13 0 $0 79 2 $294,641 17 1 $77,795 113 3 $444,380 Gadsden 9 0 $286,433 76 2 $1,154,944 122 3 $362,635 64 3 $180,239 270 8 $1,014,985 Gilchrist 18 0 $87,108 354 18 $9,817,021 15 0 $28,255 182 3 $601,751 578 21 $2,684,886 Glades 62 1 $192,492 521 10 $5,197,246 27 0 $80,462 807 16 $7,255,680 1,425 26 $13,125,920 Gulf 4 0 $51,922 12 0 $0 228 6 $911,585 18 0 $56,969 256 6 $1,150,372 Hamilton 7 0 $15,406 86 0 $0 21 0 $51,304 120 3 $489,305 235 3 $814,198 Hardee 7,980 727 $118,693,991 521 18 $9,817,021 25 2 $198,097 975 38 $5,779,660 9,377 792 $136,895,638 Hendry 203 4 $852,334 765 10 $5,197,246 47 1 $237,721 1,311 15 $7,386,470 2,335 30 $13,127,528 Hernando 161 13 $665,428 3,436 80 $43,887,858 123 1 $645,960 2,208 47 $10,422,048 6,010 141 $30,882,236 Highlands 8,731 129 $60,441,502 3,472 80 $43,887,858 137 4 $1,023,517 14,721 636 $126,429,874 26,919 839 $210,448,041 Hillsborough 1,190 34 $8,852,093 10,195 254 $138,593,237 548 9 $2,043,469 12,984 205 $72,631,692 25,099 498 $137,446,731 Holmes 9 0 $18,397 16 1 $577,472 707 11 $3,977,604 23 0 $73,969 738 12 $3,787,592 Indian River 220 2 $1,587,999 31,599 1,521 $830,981,950 569 12 $8,403,197 29,293 1,044 $441,691,820 62,405 2,561 $1,221,088,354 Jackson 10 0 $27,053 55 2 $1,154,944 782 33 $11,736,280 45 2 $138,514 873 37 $11,125,735 Jefferson 10 0 $10,297 67 0 $0 108 24 $362,070 67 2 $292,741 251 26 $931,689 Lafayette 1 0 $2,065 53 1 $577,472 11 0 $30,034 57 0 $220,085 123 1 $446,400 Lake 1,223 17 $4,070,717 9,822 173 $94,705,379 338 4 $3,317,147 12,493 136 $68,454,137 24,055 328 $138,502,240 Lee 77,624 1,605 $956,216,949 5,472 30 $16,169,211 404 5 $1,246,744 1,485 12 $5,635,385 83,847 1,669 $1,052,725,015 Leon 95 2 $464,018 596 13 $6,929,662 487 16 $2,693,441 350 12 $1,752,722 1,529 42 $7,060,557 Levy 45 1 $135,705 898 32 $17,324,155 40 0 $111,493 498 9 $1,966,979 1,502 41 $6,809,000 Liberty 0 0 $0 11 0 $0 33 1 $124,141 10 0 $21,086 53 1 $188,914 Madison 20 0 $30,280 142 3 $1,732,415 31 0 $109,537 179 3 $541,670 374 6 $1,102,655 Manatee 818 21 $6,496,235 1,571 26 $14,436,796 132 2 $601,739 3,427 57 $16,364,723 5,955 106 $29,404,621 Marion 441 12 $9,372,551 10,914 152 $83,155,942 412 9 $1,652,011
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